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The Daoist Immortal Liezi Flying on a Cloud

16th century
Not on view
Liezi (Japanese: Resshi) was a legendary Daoist sage who rejected all worldly ties and flew away with the wind. Here, he disappears from the eyes of onlookers into the darkened sky. Fan paintings were a common means by which Kano-school painters shared their knowledge of Chinese styles of the Song and Yuan dynasties. A faint seal links this to Kano Yukinobu, younger brother of the school’s second-generation leader, Motonobu (1477–1559).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 列子御風図扇面 (Resshi gyofū zu senmen)
  • Title: The Daoist Immortal Liezi Flying on a Cloud
  • Artist: Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 (Japanese, ca. 1513–1575)
  • Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
  • Date: 16th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Fan-shaped painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 20 5/8 in. (33.7 × 52.4 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 48 × 24 9/16 in. (121.9 × 62.4 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 48 × 26 1/2 in. (121.9 × 67.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
  • Object Number: 14.76.10
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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Birds and Flowers, Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese, Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink on paper, Japan
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Moon over an Autumn Moor, Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese, Originally a fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and silver on gilded paper, Japan
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Hawk on a Pine, Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Hawk on a Pine
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Birds and Flowers of Summer and Autumn
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mid-16th century

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